Government Intervention of the Internet

During the past decade, our society has become based solely on the ability to move large amounts of information across large distances quickly. Computerization has influenced everyone’s life. The natural evolution of computers and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global network of interconnceted computers to develop. This global net allows a person to send E-mail across the world in mere fractions of a second, and enables even the common person to …

…work itself out. The government should rethink its approach to the censorship and encryption issues, allowing the Internet to continue to grow and mature. Bibliography Works Cited Emler-Dewitt, Philip. “Censoring Cyberspace: Carnegie Mellon’s Attempt to Ban Sex from it’s Campus Computer Network Sends A Chill Along the Info Highway.” Time 21 Nov. 1994; 102-105 Levy, Steven. “The Encryption Wars: is Privacy Good or Bad?” Newsweek 24 April. 1995; 55-57 Miller, Michael. “Cybersex Shock.” PC Magazine 10 October. 1995; 75-76.